Author: Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian
Title: Fables de Florian
Description: Paris, Lecoynte et Duret, 1826. Leather. A delightful pocket sized edition of the fables of Florian, in the original French. A lovely pocket-sized edition, in the original full calf binding, with decorative tooling on the front and rear boards and an illustrated frontispiece.Florian's fables are here published in the original French.Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, 1755-1794, was a well-regarded French poet, novelist, and writer of fables. Known for his somewhat inaccurate translation of 'Don Quixote', one of Florian's major successes was being credited as instrumental in promoting Cervantes to French audiences.Accused of writing verse in honour of the queen, Florian died aged only 39 of tuberculosis while imprisoned during the French Revolution. In the original full calf binding. Externally, smart. Some rubbing and loss to the joints, and loss to the spine label. Bumping to the corners. Offsetting to the rear pastedown, and a small hole in the rear free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages age toned due to paper type, with some spotting. Contemporary ink marks on pages 36 and 37. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Keywords: Fables Children's stories French Literature Children's stories None
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Title: Fables de Florian
Description: Paris, Lecoynte et Duret, 1826. Leather. A delightful pocket sized edition of the fables of Florian, in the original French. A lovely pocket-sized edition, in the original full calf binding, with decorative tooling on the front and rear boards and an illustrated frontispiece.Florian's fables are here published in the original French.Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, 1755-1794, was a well-regarded French poet, novelist, and writer of fables. Known for his somewhat inaccurate translation of 'Don Quixote', one of Florian's major successes was being credited as instrumental in promoting Cervantes to French audiences.Accused of writing verse in honour of the queen, Florian died aged only 39 of tuberculosis while imprisoned during the French Revolution. In the original full calf binding. Externally, smart. Some rubbing and loss to the joints, and loss to the spine label. Bumping to the corners. Offsetting to the rear pastedown, and a small hole in the rear free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages age toned due to paper type, with some spotting. Contemporary ink marks on pages 36 and 37. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Keywords: Fables Children's stories French Literature Children's stories None
Price: GBP 120.00 = appr. US$ 171.36 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 773F30
- Book number: 773F30
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